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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Porifera (phylum)
» Calcarea (class)
» Clathrinida (order)
» Leucascidae (family)
CAAB Code :
10 205003
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Ascaltis poterium
(Haeckel, 1872)
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
10 -
Porifera Sponges
Family :
10 205 Leucascidae (calcareous sponges) - show full list
Common Name : [a sponge]
Organism Type : a sponge
Synonyms :
Aulorrhiza posterium
Ascetta poterium
Clathrina poterium
Dendya poterium
Taxon lists :
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
10 205901
Ascaltis spp.
Identifiers :
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164736
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2017-02-28
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences )
Record source :
Hooper, J.N.A. Wiedenmayer, F., 1994, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Porifera . CSIRO, Melbourne
Scientific Name verified against :
World Porifera Database.